Instrumental I wrote on my Mom's Piano in December.  Couldn't come up with a vocal melody so I kept it as is.  

December Nights

Demo of a Backing track I've been working on.  I like having working demos so that I can get in and out of the real studio quicker.  

12 String Dan Electro (Electric)
Fender Bass
4 violins
2 violas
2 cellos
1 flute
1 cor anglais
1 bassoon
Glockenspiel
Drum loops arrangement

Catherine Amongst the Tulips

Here's another bedroom demo of a song I wrote a few years back.  I wrote it after a wild debaucherous So-Cal pool party we threw.  I actually borrowed the bass line from another song I had written but discarded, and started from there.  Was going to write a whole album like this but got side tracked with other projects.  Thinking recently of going into the studio and making an EP though with this on it.  If only I had more time.  

ME:
Vocals
Fender Stratocaster Guitar
Fender P. Bass
Prophet 5 Synthesizer
Various Drum looping and programming



Down and Dirty (bedroom demo)

Another working pre-studio home demo for a song called "Marine Layer" This will be the opening track of the upcoming solo record. Starts of with a solo mellotron playing a nice little instrumental piece I had written years back.  Very true to my love for all things Wall of Sound (WOS).  You might notice the bass playing is a little uneven, tat's because it was mostly improvised and done in 1 take.  I personally like the unpolished playing because of my distaste for today's over produced approach.  Middle section sees a nice pivot from the fifth's major to minor to modulate briefly to a different key before returning to the ostensible tonic in the coda.  Almost every song on my solo record has multiple key signatures at some point.  Music is supposed to be progressive right?  Anyways I'll list all the instruments I played.

Mellotron
Acoustic Guitar
Rickenbacker 12 String
Fender Bass
Baritone Sax
Baby Grand piano
Vox Super Continental
Harpsichord
Glockenspiel
Triangle
Sleigh bells
Marching Bass Drum
Drum loops

Marine Layer (Working bedroom backing track demo)

The backing track (demo version) of Lovelight a song on my upcoming "synthpop"  album.   Trying to channel a little Johnny Marr and Paul Reynolds on the guitar parts.    Vocals not recorded yet, have to leave some mystery, right?  Kind of a poppy tune, well if it were 1984.

Rhythm Guitar - Dan Electro 12 String thru Vox AC 30
Lead Guitar - Dan Electro 12 String thru Vox AC 30 and various pedals
Bass Guitar - Fender P-Bass thru Orange Crush Amp
Synths - Prophet V

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